Press Release: The Commission launches the ‘e-Learning’ initiative to speed up the adjustment of education and training in Europe to the digital age

On the eve of the special European Council to be held in Lisbon on 23 and 24 March 2000 on 'A Europe of Innovation and Knowledge' and the Ministerial Conference to launch the Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and Youth programmes scheduled for 17 and 18 March 2000 in Lisbon by the Portuguese Presidency in close collaboration with the Commission, Viviane Reding, the Member of the Commission with responsibility for Education and Culture, announced on the 9 March 2000 the launch of eLearning, which will implement and supplement the eEurope initiative in education and training.